The most useful 10,000 words in Japanese

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Usefulness Level 5 Vocab 3801-3900

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noun
1. the teaching profession
2. (in Christianity) education of laity
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noun
1. imperial mausoleum; Emperor's tomb  (see also: 御墓)
2. big hill  (this meaning is restricted to reading りょう)
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noun
construction worker; laborer (labourer); navvy  (sensitive)
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noun
ambition; aspiration; designs; treachery
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noun
sudden illness
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cold; coldness; chilliness
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noun
famine; drought; shortage; crop failure
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noun
cabinet meeting
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noun
type of occupation; occupational category
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noun
salt; salt content
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efforts; assistance
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being dotted with; being scattered
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'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be lit (e.g. electricity comes on); to be lighted  (often written with kana only)
2. to catch fire  (see also: 火がつく, 付く; often written with kana only)
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gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy; supremacy
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noun
audience; attendance; hearers
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noun
townspeople; townsfolk; commoner; civilian; merchant; tradesman; tradeswoman; tradespeople; artisan; members of the lowest Edo-period social class (comprising commoners not involved in farming)
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Most common form: しゃ
noun (suffix)
1. hut; house
noun
2. (in the ancient Chinese army) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)  (archaic)
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Most common form: 詠む
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to compose (e.g. a Japanese poem); to write
2. to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant
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noun
annual production
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noun
1. dressing room; green room; backstage
2. behind the scenes; inside story  (see also: 楽屋裏)
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noun
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
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magistrate; shogunate administrator
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backing (for a position); support
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noun
beast; brute; animal
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softly; gently; quietly; secretly  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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1. unification; bringing together; generalization
2. control; supervision  (esp. 統轄)
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noun
1. wild goose  (often written with kana only)
2. glans; head of a penis  (see also: 雁首; often written with kana only; abbreviation; colloquialism)
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noun
calligrapher; individual with good penmanship
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be buried; to be covered; to be surrounded
2. to overflow; to be crowded; to be filled
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noun
1. pity; sorrow; grief; misery; compassion; pathos
2. pitiable; pitiful; pathetic; miserable
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noun
people
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
this (next, last) autumn (fall)
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noun
young pine; New Year's symbolic pine decoration
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noun
traveller's journal; traveler's journal; travelogue
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1. rehabilitation
2. rebirth; resuscitation
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1. firing one shot at a time; single-shot gun  (see also: 単発銃)
2. having only one engine; single-engined aeroplane; single-engined airplane  (see also: 単発機)
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
to unfold; to unroll; to open
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demotion
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continuation; continuance; going on; resuming
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noun
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume
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noun
big river  (see also: 大河)
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blood relative or relationship; consanguinity
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same kind (race); homogeneousness
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noun
three persons; three parties
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noun
1. greens; vegetables
2. rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
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another; different; separate; discrete
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noun
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
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rejection; dismissal; abandoning; renunciation; waiver
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noun
military vessel; war fleet
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noun
festival
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noun
official document; archives
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noun
game; spoils; trophy; prey
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climbing to the summit; summiting
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vacancy; room for rent or lease
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'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to eliminate; to elide
2. to curtail; to save; to cut down; to economize; to economise
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1. admission (e.g. to a training institution, research establishment, social welfare facility, etc.); entrance
2. imprisonment; internment; confinement
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noun
1. logo
2. logotype  (abbreviation)
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sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
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proselytizing; evangelism; missionary work
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
morning and evening; from morning until night; constantly
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being in office
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expression, noun
woman
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1. divergence (e.g. in a road); ramification
2. forking; jump; multi-drop  (computer terminology)
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busy; hurried; confused; flurried
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noun
name of product
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cancellation of contract
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annulation; ring-forming
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1. reliable; trustworthy
2. hopeful; promising
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noun
the defeated; vanquished; loser
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noun
townspeople
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noun
1. era
2. CE (Common Era); AD (Anno Domini)
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'tsu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to be prominent; to be conspicuous; to stand out; to be outstanding; to be remarkable; to be striking; to be notable
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noun
whole passage; full text; whole sentence; full paragraph
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dining together; mess
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noun
bronze statue
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noun
puddle; pool of water
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Most common form: 水いらず
(being) by oneself; with no outsiders present  (see also: 水入らずで)
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unknown; unidentified; unspecified
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drinking alcohol (sake)
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price decline; fall in price
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noun
special occupation; principal occupation; specialty; monopoly
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noun
1. card
2. curd
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Most common form: してき
personal; private; proprietary
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noun
similar tastes
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complete blockade (seal); baseball shutout
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'su' godan verb, intransitive verb
to shine  (see also: 差す)
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egg-laying; spawning
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1. opaque; obscure; murky; turbid
noun
2. opacity; obscurity
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noun
honor student; honours student
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noun
solo exhibition; one-man exhibition; one-woman exhibition
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stationing (e.g. of troops); garrison
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Most common form: 人込
noun
crowd of people
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entry in family register
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landing
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youth
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setting off (on a trip)
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boiling water
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1. to excuse oneself; to take one's leave  (see also: 辞する)
2. to quit; to resign; to retire; to leave post
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